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Platapus 04-13-25 01:55 PM

All the clocks in Pulp Fiction are set to 4:20.

Jimbuna 04-14-25 09:19 AM

It rains red in some parts of the world.

Red rain, also known as blood rain, occurs when high concentrations of colored dust or particles carried from deserts mix with rain, altering its hue.

Aktungbby 04-14-25 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2953123)
Andrew Johnson was buried with his head on the Constitution.

...he also wanted "no better winding-sheet than the American flag", and was wrapped in one in his casket.:Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna 04-14-25 01:06 PM

There’s an orchestra made up entirely of typewriters.

Since 2004, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra has been playing concerts, making and performing music by only using vintage typewriters.

Platapus 04-14-25 04:47 PM

How about an udderly useless fact



Harry Styles has four nipples. He has a common condition called polythelia.

Jimbuna 04-15-25 04:39 AM

The Beatles officially broke up at Disney World

Ostfriese 04-15-25 06:49 AM

Of the 18 teams that currently play in the German Bundesliga nine have never been German champions.

The team with the longest draught is Holstein Kiel - their most recent (and only) German championship came in 1912. Before being promoted to the Bundesliga in 2024 Holstein Kiel hadn't played a first tier game for 63 years. As it's very likely they'll be relegated to the tier 2 "2. Bundesliga" at the end of the season one can only hope that it won't take another 63 years until they play their next tier 1 game.

Jimbuna 04-15-25 11:00 AM

A New York City restaurant sells a $2,700 pizza.

Industry Kitchen, a restaurant located at New York City’s South Street Seaport, holds the Guinness World Record for offering the world’s most expensive pizza. The pizza, which you have to order two days in advance, is topped with 24 karat gold leaves, Stilton blue cheese, Hudson Valley foie gras, Platinum Osetra caviar, French Périgord truffle and Almas caviar, which is optional for an extra $700.

Platapus 04-15-25 05:30 PM

Queen Elizabeth II had a stand-in to make sure the sun wouldn't get in her eyes. Ella Slack was a similar height to the late Queen, so she would rehearse big events beforehand to make sure everything would be comfortable for the monarch. However, she wasn't allowed to sit on the throne, so she had to squat above it.

Platapus 04-16-25 04:37 PM

The blob of toothpaste on a toothbrush has a name. It's called a "nurdle"

Jimbuna 04-17-25 11:31 AM

A bear became a corporal in World War II

During World War II, members of the Polish Army’s 22nd Artillery Supply adopted a bear cub named Wojtek. The soldiers looked out for him and even gave him the rank of a private. In 1944, Wojtek returned the favor, helping to move ammunition during the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. For Wojtek’s service and bravery, he was promoted to the rank of corporal.

Jimbuna 04-17-25 11:32 AM

There’s an underwater post office in the South Pacific.

Situated off the coast of Hideaway Island Resort and Marine Sanctuary is the Vanuatu Post, the world’s only under-the-sea post office. Vacationers who want to send a waterproof postcard home can snorkel or scuba dive 10 feet below the ocean’s surface. A special flag is raised above the water to indicate when postal workers are in the water.

Platapus 04-17-25 05:10 PM

Vietnam is the world's second biggest coffee producer. Brazil creates the most, with Colombia coming in third.

Sean C 04-17-25 11:42 PM

Some slide rules have a minute of arc gauge mark on the sine scale. It's usually situated adjacent to another fixed scale (e.g. the c scale) and indicates the number of arc minutes in 1 radian (ca. 3440') on the secondary scale.

Jimbuna 04-18-25 07:52 AM

Babies have more bones than adults.

Babies are born with about 300 bones, though eventually, these bones will fuse together to form the 206 bones an adult has.


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